Surveillance & Privacy
Continuous watching as the normal condition of growing up.
Same Footage, Two Verdicts - Surveillance, Confirmation Bias, and Why More Proof Erodes Trust
We built machines to settle our arguments. Instead we built extraordinarily precise machines for generating material for the argument we were already having.
Solo essay by Ryan VetJust Check the Camera, Dad - Surveillance, the Friction Doctrine, and the Trust We Trade Away
Part two of the childhood surveillance series. A knocked-over tower, a request to check the footage, and the case that trust is load-bearing.
Solo essay by Ryan VetDid You Get the Photo of the Goat? Childhood Surveillance, Gen Alpha, and What We Trade for a Live Feed
The essay that opened Ryan Vet's five-part childhood surveillance series — a painted goat, a question from the back seat, and how a generation came to expect being watched.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Future of Parenting: The Impact of AI on Raising Gen Beta (kids born in 2026 and beyond)
Parents are pulling kids off screens and sending them outside, while watching them from inside an app. Ryan Vet on the parenting paradox Gen Beta inherits.
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